How can the church form disciples for lives of public faithfulness and a politics of solidarity and justice? Jonathan Chaplin responds to that question in this article with a rich theological exploration of the dynamic summons of biblical justice.

Stephanie Summers, CEO of the Center for Public Justice, recently spoke with James K.A. Smith about his newest book Awaiting the King: Reforming Public Theology, the culminating book in his acclaimed Cultural Liturgies project. Summers and Smith discussed a wide range of ideas including the deformative powers of culture on us as Christians, our society’s move away from a sense of a shared life together, and how the church can be a community of political formation in which worship is central.

As we support a robust role for faith-based institutions and affirm the good role of government in providing for the well-being of our communities, Stanley Carlson-Thies and Chelsea Langston Bombino argue for an understanding of the limited, yet positive, task of government.

This wide-ranging conversation with James Skillen demonstrates how vital the work and vision of CPJ continues to be in challenging how most Americans, particularly Christians, think about political life today.

How can the church form disciples for lives of public faithfulness and a politics of solidarity and justice? Jonathan Chaplin responds to that question in this article with a rich theological exploration of the dynamic summons of biblical justice.

Stephanie Summers, CEO of the Center for Public Justice, recently spoke with James K.A. Smith about his newest book Awaiting the King: Reforming Public Theology, the culminating book in his acclaimed Cultural Liturgies project. Summers and Smith discussed a wide range of ideas including the deformative powers of culture on us as Christians, our society’s move away from a sense of a shared life together, and how the church can be a community of political formation in which worship is central.

As we support a robust role for faith-based institutions and affirm the good role of government in providing for the well-being of our communities, Stanley Carlson-Thies and Chelsea Langston Bombino argue for an understanding of the limited, yet positive, task of government.

This wide-ranging conversation with James Skillen demonstrates how vital the work and vision of CPJ continues to be in challenging how most Americans, particularly Christians, think about political life today.

Over the years, CPJ has responded to the changes in understanding of religious freedom in the United States by being a key actor in engaging groups across difference around a number of issues and promoting both individual and institutional rights and responsibilities.

Christian views of political life have been shaped in a variety of ways over time, with differing understandings of the role and responsibilities of government and of how Christians citizens ought to exercise their earthly citizenship. In this article, William Edgar considers these currents in the context of thinkers such as Augustine, Aquinas, Locke, and others, and outlines the theological and philosophical context for CPJ’s distinctive approach to political life.

The current political climate is not something that has sprung up unexpectedly; rather, it is laying bare already existing fears, tensions, and confusion about the prospects for our common life in the United States and beyond. What is a disciple of Christ to do in this climate of division, fear, cynicism, and confusion?

While the advancement of human flourishing is a sacred call which many of us take seriously, we often fail to clearly define what we mean by it or how we measure something as all-encompassing and elusive as human flourishing.

We need not expect to be entirely at ease in a world where we live side by side with others who are really rather different than we are, but neither should we expect to be at war, either metaphorically or for real.